Cursed

[Brian in Mesa]

Cursed

Release Date: February 25, 2005
Studio: Dimension Films
Director: Wes Craven
Screenwriter: Kevin Williamson
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (horror violence/terror, some sexual references, nudity, language and a brief drug reference)
Website: Cursed

Starring: Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson, Judy Greer, Portia de Rossi, Jesse Eisenberg, Shannon Elizabeth, Milo Ventimiglia, Mya

Plot Summary: From writer Kevin Williamson and director Wes Craven, the creators of "Scream," comes "Cursed".

It is a moonlit night in Los Angeles, when something lurking in the shadows causes their car to suddenly swerve off the road, a teenaged brother and his career-driven sister emerge relatively unscathed, but forever changed by the accident. Suddenly, the siblings find themselves blessed with increased physical strength, heightened sensibilities and undeniable allure to everyone around them. But, what if what happened to them that night wasn't just an accident and what seemed like fate was really something more? It is only a matter of time before Ellie (Christina Ricci) and Jimmy (Jesse Eisenberg "Rodger Dodger") can no longer control these impulses because their newfound power comes with a price that they never expected to pay and a mystery that only they can solve.

 

[mdamien13]

My prediction is that this is gonna suck. They went back and reshot most of the movie (the first version had a role w/ Scott Baio that I'm told is excised from the film), then butchered it again (pun intended) to make it "PG-13" instead of "R".

Too bad, cause Craven and Willaimson were a great team for a while and there hasn't been a real good (American) werewolf movie released in a while.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Opens today...

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[mdamien13]

Saw this at a screening w/ Colin Boyd last night. This movie should have been called Sucked instead.

Am I the only one here who misses the old days of prosthetic makeup effects? The computer generated images work when used effectively with the proper budget, but half-assed CGI work looks like a cheesy Playstation cutscene. In a horror movie, this makes the audience giggle at scenes you hope would frighten them. That was one of the main problems with the film - the wolf effects were so hideously lame that it was impossible to not be completely distracted by most of the "terror" scenes. Gimme American Werewolf in London or even the recent Dog Soldiers over this POS

It should be noted that even had the effects lived up to their potential the story was so ridiculous and the dialogue so horrible (I couldn't believe that this was the same Kevin Williamson who wrote Scream 1&2) that this movies was . . . well, cursed no matter what.

Beware!